With extreme weather often comes flooding, and the results can be devastating—for more reasons than you might expect. We’re used to seeing flooded neighborhoods on the news and social media. Sometimes the photos are devastating, but you might also see humorous photos and videos of people using floodwater as their own street-wide swimming pool. Although […]
You know not to pour toxic chemicals down the drain due to the risk of water pollution, but there’s another very good reason to keep flammable chemicals out of your drains. When liquids like gasoline are poured into a drain along with water, they float above the water. The vapors collect in the small enclosed […]
Your keys are one of your most important possessions, but they’re also probably one of the possessions that you misplace most often. Keys are generally small and it can be easy to forget where you left them from one moment to the next. In addition to how easy it is to lose your keys, it’s […]
We rely on water to live, but a lot of people don’t pay much attention to the water cycle beyond what comes out of the tap. Understanding a little bit more about how our different sources of water and our water management systems work can help give you a better idea of how you can […]
You probably have several storm drains in your neighborhood. They are often built into curbs along roadsides, or can be located in lower parts of the road along the shoulder. These drains are important parts of the storm water sewer system that runs through your area—they carry the storm water out to lakes, rivers, streams […]
Storm drains are highly beneficial for clearing storm water from streets, sidewalks, lawns and other areas in residential and urban environments. Storm water is considered to be any water from precipitation that then flows across the ground and pavement when it rains, or the water that runs off of melting snow and ice. While much […]